Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-27


of Starr county several years ago, and for whom
reward of 81 500 was offered. They are said to
have been under the protection of the State au-
thorltles at Tamalpals ever since. They are to
| be incarcerated on gunboat down the coast.
The Boston Wool Market.
CCpyi9Al, 1857 by the California associated Press
BosToN, August 26th.-lSpecial. lin the wool
market prices have taken another tumble this |
week in nearly all grades The decline is most
noticeable in Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces |
The majority of buyers are conservative hand |
to-mouth purchasers The total sales of the |
week were L. 5000 pounds. Territory wo1ls |
are in large supply and offered at low prices |
Sales include $1,000 pounds of medium and fine |
medium at 221 cents; 5000 pounds of medium |
at - cents, and 5000 pounds of fine Is to 10 |
cents. Eastern Oregon is in moderate demand |
and sales are reported of 3 600 nonnds at yrida
range of prices. In California Spring wool sales |
were made at 10 cents for some 400 pounds and |
15,O00 pounds on private terms Fall wool is |
duIl and neglected at any price.
Proposed Hartford Fund.
WASHINGTON. August 26th.-A letter has been |
received at the Navy Department from n Cali
fornia gentleman offering TO be one of l75 900 |
Americans to contribute 81 apiece to secure the |
sum necessary TO repair and preserve the Old |
flagship Hartford. The writer says that $50 600 |
can be raised in California for the purpose |
alone, and he believes other sections of the /
country would be equally generous and that |
the entire amount could, if some suitable per-
son were delegated to receive it, be easily SUBJ |
scribed within thirty days.
Convict Labor No More.
ATLANTA (Ga.), August 26th-At last the ak |
has fallen, and the Ubiquitous convct-abor sys- |
tenn of Georgia will have to go, by an Executive |
order signed under great excitement. Governor |
Gordon has called on the lessees of Penitentiary
companies Nos. 2 and to show cause why their |
leases should not be annulled, and there is no |
doubt as to the Governors Intention TO declare |
the leases annuled, owing to violation of their
provisions.
What's in Name.
lCopyigt, 1857, by the California 1ssoca3cl Trrss
New YORK, August 2Gth.-lspeciaL Manager |
w. r. Hayden has obtained from Judge Dono- |
hue, of the Supreme Court, an injunction re- |
straining Thomas r. Engleson from using Wat |
ters stage name of Thomas W. Keene on the |
| stage with Ariel n. Barney, or any other man.
ager, in this State. The Injunction is temporary
pending an action of Hayden's against Keene |
for breach of contract.
Iron Works for Washington Territory.
Copyright. 1887, by The California associated PressI
Bay Hematite lion and steel Company, of Eng
land, manufacturers of the brand of Moss Bay
pig iron, have decided to establish in a short
time duplicate works in Washington Territory.
The point selected for the location of the works
is about sixteen miles from the Northern Pacific
Railroad and about forty-five miles from Seattle.
The works will be reached from the Northern
Pacific main line by branch road.
Professor Baird's Successor
WASHINGTON, August 26th.-The President to-
| day appointed Alexander McCue, of New York
the present SOUcltOr OF the treasury, De COM
| missioner of Fish and Fisheries to succeed the
| late Professor Baird. The appointment will not
necessitate the REIMBURSEMENT of his present
position. 1t is not known who will be appointed
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in place
of Professor Baird.
A Maiden Held for Murder.
| CHICAGO August 25th.-The adjourned inquest
on the death of the late Colonel Babcock, the
prominent lumberman, shot on Sunday. was
| held here to-day, and resulted in verdict to
| the effect that the deceased came to his death
| by shot fired from a revolverin the hands of
| Miss Sarah Dodge, and recommending that she
be held to await the action OF the Grand Jury.
California shipbuildIng.
CHICAGO, August 26th.-United States Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, in an interview here yes
| terday said. among other things, that the build
| ing OF United States war-ships on the Pacific
coast was giant stride in the right direction,
and he predicted that California would turn out
| vessel which would be credit to the naval
armament OF any nation. He said that he was
the author of the bill which made it compulsory
| to build one of the vessels on the Pacific coast
and was satisfied that the movement was good
one and in the right direction.
Powder Explosion at FL Paso.
Ell PAso, August 26th.-At 10 o'clock this
| morning q powder explosion occurred at the
| Union Powder Works, seven miles from this |
| city. new machine for mixing the iugredi- |
| ents was being turned by boy. He failed to
| oil the machinery, and after three-quarters of
| an hour turning the friction caused heat suf |
ficient to ignite sixty-one pounds OF material in
the machine. Doe. Smart was caught in the |
flame and frightfally burned. The boy escaped |
with slight burns.
Campaign Histories
WAsHINGToN. August 26th.-General Clark |
Clerk of the House of Representatives has re-
ceiyed and had printed the testimony in eight |
contested cases to come before the next Con-
| gress. The California eases Sullivan VS..
FELTON, ana Lynch VS.. Nandever. The entie
testimony in the contest makes nearly 10000
pages, that of Sullivan VS.. FELTON, being the
most yolumnous.
Outrage on Americans.
BosToN August 26th-Rev Edward F. Downe.
the missionary of the American Board at Pom
| ape, in the Caroline Islands, who was arrested
three weeks ago and imprisoned by the Spanish
authorities on the pretea that he had incensed
the natives TO disloyalty, has been released
Mr.. Smith, Foreign Secretary of the Foreign
Board says the American Government may find
it necessary to send a war ship to the Caroline
Islands to protect the interests of our citizens
The United States cannot afford to have an out
rage perpetrated on American missionaries.
Visiting the Indians.
ST. PAUL lAlinn.), August 26th. - Senators
Dawes and Morgan, of the Senate Special Com
mlttee on the allotment of land in seyeralty To !
Indians, arrived to-day on their way to the |
White Earth Reservation. 1t i intended to take |
measures looking TO making the Indians along |
the northwestern frontier selfsupporting.
Why the Bank Failed.
KANSAS CITY, August Goth II. A. Werner. |
President, and c. II. sleeps, Cashier of the First |
National Bank of Burlington, Ks, were ar !
rested to-day on u charge of embezzling the |
funds OF the bank, which recently failed.
Prohibition Candidates.
Syracuse IN. ", August 2sth.-The Prohibit
tionists to-day nominated the following officers:
For Secretary or state, D. ". c. Huntington; for
Controller. c. B. Hitchcock; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, |
s. W. Mason: Treasurer, w. W. Smith.
Given Up for Lost.
BosToS, August 35th.-The owners of the fish
ing schooner Lydia T. Crowell, have given her
up for lost she was in charge Of Captain
Moses, and had crew of fifteen men.
On the Wrong Side.
NEW YORK, August 25th.-Experis who have
examined the books of the ". O. Tyler PAPER
Company report the liabilities to be $40 DO.
and the assets sl69 COO, leaving deficit OF $3.50.
900.
1t Would Probably Be Accepted.
EeE YORK Ausust 26th.-Thos f. Gilroy Re-
ceivef Cor Mitchell. Vance & Co., thinks the
company viii be abe e pay 100 cents on the i
dollar.